Tag: Historically Black Colleges & Universities: Page 15

Leadership & Policy

Groundbreaking President Jewel Plummer Cobb Dies

Jewel Plummer Cobb, one of the first African Americans to lead a major university west of the Mississippi, died on New Year’s Day in Maplewood, N.J., at age 92. Cobb served as the third president of Cal State Fullerton, a position she held from 1981 through her retirement in 1990. During that period, she secured […]

January 12, 2017

Students

Growth in K-12 Student Diversity Impacts Postsecondary Education

With the rise in diversity, colleges and universities need to focus on how to not only enroll student of color, but to ensure their success.

January 11, 2017

Students

Trial Over Fix for Segregation at Maryland Colleges Begins

BALTIMORE — A trial to determine the best way to cure inequality among Maryland’s colleges and universities is underway in federal court in Baltimore. The decade-old case being heard Monday involves a coalition representing the state’s four historically Black colleges that says the state has underfunded the institutions while developing programs at traditionally White schools […]

January 9, 2017

Students

ASPiRE Premieres ‘Bama State Style’ Tonight

“Bama State Style,” the reality TV show featuring Alabama State University’s Mighty Marching Hornets Band, has been acquired by the nationally syndicated ASPiRE Television Network and premieres tonight.

January 9, 2017

Students

Guillermo: To Talladega Band, What Kind of March Would MLK Attend?

Call the inaugural what it is. It is the celebration of an incoming administration that threatens everything a college founded by slaves stands for.

January 8, 2017

Students

Talladega College Forging Ahead to Perform at Trump Inauguration

Following several days of controversy, Talladega College President Billy Hawkins announced on Thursday morning that the college’s marching band will perform in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inaugural parade.

January 5, 2017

Students

Diverse Conversations: How Trump Presidency Will Affect HBCUs, HSIs

Looking at his proposed ideas and policies, here are some ways that these institutions could be affected once President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

January 4, 2017

Leadership & Policy

HBCU Advocates Discuss Remedial Phase of Maryland Higher Ed Desegregation Case

The plaintiffs prevailed in 2013 in a suit against the state of Maryland over duplication of HBCU programs at majority institutions that produced “segregative effects.” The remedial phase of the trial begins Monday.

January 4, 2017

Students

Talladega College Might Be on Right Side of History

More than a century ago, Booker T. Washington—the most prominent product of an HBCU at that point—accepted an invitation to The White House that was just as controversial.

January 3, 2017

Students

Talladega College: We’ve not Committed to Trump Inauguration

As of Tuesday afternoon, Talladega College officials said there has not been a decision from its president on whether its marching band will perform at the Trump inauguration.

January 3, 2017

Students

Talladega College Under Fire for Accepting Role in Trump Inauguration

As the only HBCU to accept an invitation so far, Talladega College’s decision to participate in the parade has elicited a particularly strong reaction on social media.

January 2, 2017

Students

Faculty Engaging More in New Era of Activism

Staff and faculty are attempting to understand and even participate in student activism.

January 2, 2017